breaks out in one of the mo expensive neighborhoods in the city. good evening, i'm ann as fire breaks out in one of the most expensive neighborhoods in the city. and good evening, i'm ann notarangelo. >> and i'm brian hackney. don knapp is in the neighborhood where the firefighters contained the fire. hi don. >> reporter: actually the fire broke out in one of the worst places of all to break out in the city like this with wooden structures side by side. it broke out between two buildings and quickly spread to both of those buildings. the area we're in as you pointed out a trendy area of san francisco. the laurel heights area. we're at locust and sacramento. the 3600 block. let's take a look at the video of the fire when it was raging pretty hot. it burned very fast. hot and very very smoky. firefighters arriving on the scene quickly called a second alarm and then a third alarm. it took about two and a half

hours to get it under control. now no one was hurt. but many were quite shaken up. at least three residential areas are on the bottom floor -- are in the building of those two buildings and on the bottom floor is a store in which isabel hutton was working at the time. >> because we stuck -- started to hear voices and fire, fire. so i left. and i see flames but we were not -- i went back hoping to put everything into the safe. and then already knocking on the door, out, out, out. we are on the fire. so -- that's -- right away. >> talk a little bit about the buildings all dry the whole thing right? >> you know they're dry and they're all wood buildings and as you can see, there's something in-between but the buildings actually touch up above. there's zero property line there. if it gets into unboiledding it will usually go -- one building it will usually go into the

other building. in this case minimal damage. >> reporter: firefighters very proud of what they were able to stop. look at the building behind me on the corner. that's a three story apartment building. if the fire got there it would have been very serious and they managed to get it stopped before they get there and they did their work and tonight they're mopping up. brian? >> all righty don thank you very much. and a fire that badly damaged a building in downtown burling game early this morning is being blamed on a floor heater. the fire broke out around 3:30 this morning. the two story building near the cal tran station housed a commercial office on the first floor and apartments on the second. investigators believe combustible items near the heater caught fire and the building next door was also damaged. the wood shingled siding contributed to the start of the flames. >> . they baked throughout the night. the fire was witnessed by them. they called it in at 3:00 in the morning and got fire crews en route. >> the fire knocked out power to about 16 customers and at least two tenants have been

temporarily displaced. in show that county a late season wildfire in the geysers is threatening several power plants in the area. fires burned about 3500 acres mostly on land that's owned by calpine. only 25% contained at this hour. and firefighters say the silverado fire will be fully surrounded in about 3 minutes. it's more than -- 30 minutes. it's more than # 0% contained right now and everybody forced out allowed to go back home. there's no word yet on what caused that fire. no injuries and no homes burned. the naacp is calling for tougher charges against four san jose state students accused of hate crimes. mark kelly reports they need to use this incident as a teaching moment. >> reporter: this san jose silicon valley n aacp says the racial harassment that reportedly happened in these dorms is a felony. not a misdemeanor. asking the santa clara d. a. to increase the charges. currently freshmen colin warren, joseph bum garner, and

logan beachler and one minor are suspended from school and facing a series of alleged hate crime against the victim, an african-american freshman. >> i know those things do still happen today. but it's definitely disheartening. >> and there hasn't been much outreach at all by any ras and i feel like they can be doing a better job. >> reporter: allegations include racial slurs like calling the victim three fifths a slavery era racial slur. even putting a bike lock around the victim's neck. this incident is just the most recent trouble to hit campus. school administration has been under fire after an online education project faced a rocky start. reports faculty morale is low and word at one point spring classes could face cuts. >> budget cuts, classes, list goes on. >> reporter: in response the university laid out this week its plan for a teachable moment. scheduling a lecture series on

racial tolerance. but for these students, faculty and staff have only scratched the surface making this campus inclusive to all students. >> as far as being informed as to what's going on on campus there's a lot more that can be done. >> reporter: the naacp is calling the incident racially based terrorism and come monday they're going to hold a rally here on campus to make their voice heard. mark kelly, kpix 5. and he released this statement today -- civility, and respect for diversity". a scaffolding collapse in s francisco damaged several vehicles -- at least one of those is very expensive. but no one was injured. a scaffolding collapsed in san francisco damaged several vehicles and at least one of those is very expensive. but no one was injured and it happened around 9:00 this morning on gary street. construction crews were tearing down a building when it happened. workers say a big chunk of concrete fell on the inside of a partially destroyed building. pushed the wall out and it

knocked down the scaffold. >> looks like there's three cars. one of them is a lexus i think it's brand new. i think the girl bought it yesterday. and one is their own truck. >> some streets in the area were closed for several hours while the rubble was cleared. big tree that you heard about that toll ld over has become an attraction now. the tree at least 100 years olds if it was but it couldn't withstand the winds on thursday night that powered through the bay area. people are now coming by the take pictures and -- to take pictures and kids have turned the tee into a kind of playground. >> i hadn't seen this yet. i thought oh they're probably doing a story on the restaurant. then when i saw what it was i said oh my god. everybody when they first see it they say oh my god. >> pretty impressive sight. the base of the tree is around 25 feet in diameter and it's not clear when the city is going to remove it. air travelers can now use laptops, tablets and other devices in flight and now comes a suggestion perhaps they

should be allowed the make calls using cell phones but the idea is getting a poor reception. a proposal to allow airline passengers to use cell phones in-flight has travelers talking. >> you might want to talk the entire flight at a loud voice about every single problem you have in your family, blah blah blah. >> i don't think it's correct to be able to listen to everybody chattering on the phone. >> it may not be long before we all say so long to the idea of just sitting back and relaxing. some international airlines already allow passengers to talk and text. now an fcc proposal could give american air carriers the ability to do the same. >> i would allow the phone call as long as it's short and to the point. and otherwise it would be better that they don't use the cell phones. >> the attendants' union was against the idea in 2004 and it still is. >> because you know airplanes fly thousands of feet in the air and we don't want any kind of situation that could

increase any volatile situation on board the aircraft. >> it's already clear that some airlines wouldn't be on board. delta airlines says if the fcc changes its policies will delta allow voice communications on flight? no but it's a big opportunity for telecommunication companies. paying through the nose. >> this is potentially a multibillion dollar industry for cell phone companies and device manufacturers. once this ban is lifted, it's not going to be like your regular phone will just work perfectly. you're going to have to either sign up for extra service or have to pay serious roaming charges. you know probably in excess of $2 per minute for every phone call you make. >> expensive right? that's because experts say installing the new equipment on board could cost $3 million to $4 million per plane. and the chairman of the fcc doesn't like the proposal but he says at the same time there's no technical reason justifying the ban. and still ahead, he admits

he's done some shadchans in the past. -- shady things in the past. tonight why a homeless man is being praised. >> who would have thought? why prince marry is enduring the freezing conditions in antarctica. >> and on thursday the weather turns into a real turkey. i wonder who's going to do the forecast? we'll find out after the break. ,,,,,,,,,,,,

lot more than he was lookinr in a dumpster. a homeless man is being rewarded for his honesty after he found a lot more than he was looking for in a dumpster. jewel hartman was digging for food behind a luxurious omni hotel in atlanta. and what he found was a stolen wallet with an id and credit cards inside. so he brought it to the hotel manager and left. the manager learned what happened to the wallet and returned it to the tourist from france. he then tracked down hartman and rewarded him with a room through thanksgiving. >> maybe someone will see this and like totally drugged out and stuff like that. well, that -- ugly guy can do something about it. you know maybe i can too. >> hartman is also getting $500 and room service. he says he's been homeless for a year. britain's prince harry is in antarctica tonight to take part in a 200-mile walk to the south pole.

the prince's walking for a charity called walking with the wounded which funds retraining and education of wounded service members after they leave the armed forces. going to spend a few days getting acclimatized to the conditions before the trek. >> it's amazing how in six hours your morale can go from -- i mean what it was pretty high. almost through -- >> too high. >> pouring over -- too high. suddenly rock bottom. >> getting the prince later shared a meal with his teammates. the expedition begins on the 30 ex-president they hope the reach the -- 30th and they hope to reach the pole by december 16th. an emmy award in the garbage. how the man who found it realized what it was. >> wax up the boards, skiing season has just begun. who's open now and who's waiting with bated breath.

and the emmy goes to -- a man picking through his garbage in brooklyn. a man noticed the gold statuette sticking up in a pile of trash. he didn't think anything of it but he cleaned it up and put it on his coffee table and he didn't have any idea what it was until he watched the emmy awards on cbs. >> next thing you know i'm watching the emmy's. and i see this silhouette of the emmy award and i'm looking at my coffee table like doing like back takes, i'm like what the hell? it's an emmy award. >> there you go. tried to track down to owner and will not be easy because the trophy is missing the band on its base right there. that's where it would be saying who won it and not there. now the people who live near where it was found have no idea who it belongs to. well, despite losing everything in the supertyphoon, people in the philippines are beginning to think about

christmas. people have been starting to put up decorations and many of the christmas trees are being pulled from their rubble and used to decorate towns. parents say kids are doing it to find a way to keep up their spirits, however many are calling this a blue christmas. this week's storm along with snow making machines have allowed two major lake tahoe ski resorts to open. heavenly and north star began limited operations today. heavenly was supposed to open up yesterday but high winds forced postponement for a day. a top summit is already open and kirkwood plans to open tomorrow. all right, the weather department they're getting a little bit of snow up top but down here we may be getting wet before very long. and in the meantime the weekend looks pretty good. be chilly tonight though. the numbers right now are around the bay area as we look toward the beautifully illuminated bay bridge are near 60 degrees for the most part. not a lot of variation between the coast and inland --

chance of rain just in time for thanksgiving. temperatures around the bay area on that day will range from about 60 to 64 degrees. and it's just coming in right -- right when thursday rolls around. monday, tuesday and wednesday look okay. but right now, i mean stay tuned on it but right now thursday does look wet. wind speeds we've really eased up on the big weather story 48 hours ago. mostly winds are below 10 miles per hour and that will let temperatures really cool down tonight. by 8:00 tonight in the low 50s and temperatures will be going down from there. into the freezing range or near freezing range. it could be some frost in parts of the north bay. and so to continue the icy theme the holiday ice rink is up and running at the embarcadero all beautifully lit up. 63-degrees for the forecast around the rink tomorrow. if you're thinking of something to do it's waiting for you. low pressure is spinning down in southern california. that's that low that gave us all the winds earlier in the day. or rather yesterday. and that's now going to spin into the four corners region.

so we're going to be looking for the high pressure to build over the state and as the high builds in, the winds relax and as the winds relax, we get cold. at least in the nighttime. tomorrow is going to be nice and sunny and ann came in and said it was warm out on the east bay today. not bad. enjoy it while you can. it will be dry through tuesday and then notice thanksgiving it will be a wet turkey day. at least that's the way it's looking now. pinpoint forecast though if you're heading out tomorrow will be sun all over the place. the beautiful area and good day to go to caramel tomorrow. 678 at fremont and chilly 40s in the yosemite area. overnight lows tonight -- it's really not quite a three dog night. maybe a two dog night. 55 degrees at livermore and in the city we'll hit 48 degrees. forecast for tomorrow is looking like the numbers will be mostly in the mid 60s again. 65 at morgan hill and 66 at santa clara. mid 60s as well for the east bay. most locations tomorrow will be

from 60 to 66 degrees. san francisco 62. extended forecast and sunshine all over the place until thursday. we increase clouds wednesday night. that will lead to a chance of rain first in the north bay late wednesday. thursday looks wet. and then just in time to go shopping i guess. it's that time of the year. >> it is. >> get sunshine coming out for the weekend. i know. sorry i shouldn't have mentioned it. >> not ready for that. here's vern obviously college football today the big news. >> the big game. cal and stanford but i have a whole lot more than that. wow, what a shakeup in the pac 12. oregon kicked in the gut. and in the big game, stanford was favored by over 32 points. did cal have something to say about that? ,,,,,,,,,,,,

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stanford, certainly didn't e any doubt... in palo alto... soon after guest shot # 16th big game -- 116th big game and i'll put it in a nice day. stanford didn't leave any doubt certainly. in palo alto. soon after this guest shot with the coveted ax the game was essentially over from the jump. first quarter, hogan and montgomery, a 50-yard pass and catch and cardinal score 21 points in the first quarter alone. then they hit the restart button in the second. hogan, montgomery, again. they hooked up four times. hogan a career-best five touchdown pasts today and -- passes today and stanford a school record 42 first half

points, the defense didn't rest. says hello to the quarterback and yeah that's a tough hit. goff left the game with a right shoulder injury and ew. more second half damage. tyler gaffe knee a and a half, big hole and goes untouched and 58 yards. it was 42-13. good morning, good day and good night. final score is 63-13. ty montgomery, four touchdown catches and one rushing touchdown on the day. five touchdowns is the most by any one player in big game history. and after a turn of events stanford became the pac 12's north champion. how did that happen? well -- in tucson, arizona hosted the oregon ducks. and the underdog wildcats put a whooping on them. carry, nine yard touchdown run and then it was 35-9 late third quarter. the heisman bid may have crashed and burned and oh it's a pick here in the fourth.

arizona in a shocker 42-16 over the fifth ranked ducks. and it gave stanford the pac 12 north title. johnny manzello on the road at lsu and it wasn't johnny football's day. texas a&m already down 14 points in the third. manziel a costly pick. and man, manziel the concentration problems there. lsu iced the game here. power formation. kenny hillyard and they beat johnny football and texas a&m 34-10. 49ers' final prep for the kpix 5 televised monday night game in washington, d.c.. davis a dc native is going home. he's been a focal point for opposing defenders considering the 49,' wide receiver core is statistically last in the league and despite that davis has more receiving yards than

he did last season and embraces all the double and triple teaming that he faces. >> i see some things differently that they're -- they're trying to do. but they did some of the same things last year. you know they would have a guy over top of me and then a safety back. you know off about 12 yards. doubling me. sometimes they'll have like three guys. you know, i look up and i'm like wow three guys are you serious? but -- you know, it comes with the territory. and it's the nature of the game. >> hey, and write it down. 49ers, redskins, monday night right here on kpix 5. guess who else is going to be there? your boy vern. holding a mic. good news raider nation. not only are the raiders in the playoff discussion, the game with the titans tomorrow is sold out. it will be broadcast right here on kpix 5. kickoff is at 1:00. followed by the fifth quarter

post gammatia. the falcons flying high. fourth down is james townsend and they score apart. 28-0. west region champs going to the supernationals in orlando, florida undefeated as are the junior pee wee level east palo alto greyhounds. look at the running back jackson go. 31-yard run. these 9 and 10-year-olds might be on the same flight as the cal falcons, they roll 33-0. bad news for bulls fans again. derrick rose hurt his other knee last night against the blazers and an mri revealed a tear in his right knee. rose missed all of last year after tearing his acl in his left knee in april of last year. and i talked to a friend of mine in position who's an insider and knows about these things. i asked him. i said is he done for the year? he wouldn't go that far. but the bulls' season on the whole boy it's going to be the deep freeze for the next four,

maybe five months because rose is a quarterback. they go as he goes. if he's on the sidelines forget about it. but back here at home the warriors they have their own problems. they got 14 guys on the roster six are hurt. as they play the blazers tonight. >> ooh. estup to six now. so stanford now -- moves on. cal licks its wounds and danford benefits today from -- their own power but also a lot of luck out of arizona. >> they control their own destiny yeah. arizona they can send arizona a gift because now stanford can just kind of sit back and find out who they're facing in the pac 12 championship. >> wow. all righty vern. >> thank you. thank you vern. it is designed to cement oakland international airport as a major transportation hub. the brand new control tower. we're going to take you inside and show you the opening ceremony that didn't go quite as planned. that story is coming up. we'll have more as well 30 minutes from now. >> all right we'll see you back here in a half an hour. news updates on kpix.com. good night. [ captions by: caption colorado, llc 800-775-7838 email: comments@captioncolorado.com ] ,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,

>> axelrod: tonight, creeping closer to a deal. secretary of state kerry flies to geneva, fueling hopes that iran might agree to stop refining uranium, at least for now. margaret brennan is with the secretary. thanksgiving travelers may have some nasty weather to worry about this week. we'll tell you who's in the crosshairs of storm systems moving across the country. th bang-up feature on new cars designed to avoid bang-ups. carter evans will show us the statesstate-of-the-art in collin avoidance. you can't keep them down. less than a week after a tornado flattened illinois, it's undefeated football team took the field still focuse focused a state championship opinion